1875 NA

The 1875 season of the National Association was the fifth and last season of the league. Six of the league's teams would go on to play in the National League in 1876.

[edit] Season summary

Bold indicates league champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	Boston Red Stockings	82	71	8	3	.866	-.-	831 (10.13)	343 (4.18)	0.320	0.326	0.407	1.70	0.868
2	Hartford Dark Blues	86	54	28	4	.628	18.5	557 (6.48)	343 (3.99)	0.261	0.270	0.313	1.61	0.882
3	Philadelphia Athletics	77	53	20	4	.688	15.0	699 (9.08)	402 (5.22)	0.290	0.298	0.375	2.11	0.876
4	St. Louis Brown Stockings	70	39	29	2	.557	26.5	386 (5.51)	369 (5.27)	0.239	0.249	0.291	2.11	0.869
5	Philadelphia Whites	70	37	31	2	.529	28.5	470 (6.71)	376 (5.37)	0.251	0.257	0.301	2.15	0.846
6	New York Mutuals	71	30	38	3	.423	35.5	328 (4.62)	425 (5.99)	0.233	0.239	0.290	2.40	0.838
7	Chicago White Stockings	69	30	37	2	.435	35.0	379 (5.49)	416 (6.03)	0.262	0.269	0.304	2.40	0.860
8	New Haven Elm Citys	47	7	40	0	.149	48.0	170 (3.62)	397 (8.45)	0.219	0.225	0.261	3.34	0.816
9	Washington Nationals	28	5	23	0	.179	40.5	107 (3.82)	338 (12.07)	0.195	0.199	0.229	4.86	0.794
10	St. Louis Red Stockings	19	4	15	0	.211	37.0	60 (3.16)	161 (8.47)	0.201	0.217	0.233	3.37	0.833
11	Philadelphia Centennials	14	2	12	0	.143	36.5	70 (5.00)	138 (9.86)	0.238	0.250	0.285	3.93	0.769
12	Brooklyn Atlantics	44	2	42	0	.045	51.5	132 (3.00)	438 (9.95)	0.197	0.202	0.233	3.95	0.801
13	Keokuk Westerns	13	1	12	0	.077	37.0	45 (3.46)	88 (6.77)	0.180	0.182	0.227	2.81	0.859

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Tom Carey Jack Remsen Tom York	Hartford Dark Blues Hartford Dark Blues Hartford Dark Blues	86
At Bats	George Wright	Boston Red Stockings	408
Runs Scored	Ross Barnes	Boston Red Stockings	115
Hits	Ross Barnes	Boston Red Stockings	143
Doubles	Cal McVey	Boston Red Stockings	36
Triples	Bill Craver	Philadelphia Centennials/Philadelphia Athletics	13
Home Runs	Jim O'Rourke	Boston Red Stockings	6
Total Bases	Cal McVey	Boston Red Stockings	201
Runs Batted In	Cal McVey	Boston Red Stockings	87
Stolen Bases	Tim Murnane	Philadelphia Whites	30
Caught Stealing	Jack Burdock Scott Hastings	Hartford Dark Blues Chicago White Stockings	11
Walks	Herman Dehlman	St. Louis Brown Stockings	11
Strikeouts	Herman Dehlman	St. Louis Brown Stockings	21
Batting Average	Deacon White	Boston Red Stockings	0.367
On-Base Percentage	Ross Barnes	Boston Red Stockings	0.375
Slugging Percentage	Cal McVey	Boston Red Stockings	0.517
On-Base plus Slugging	Cal McVey	Boston Red Stockings	0.873
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Lip Pike	St. Louis Brown Stockings	202

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Al Spalding	Boston Red Stockings	55
Losses	Bobby Mathews	New York Mutuals	38
Win-Loss Percentage	Al Spalding	Boston Red Stockings	0.917
Appearances	Al Spalding	Boston Red Stockings	72
Games Started	Bobby Mathews	New York Mutuals	70
Complete Games	Bobby Mathews	New York Mutuals	69
Shutouts	Candy Cummings Al Spalding George Zettlein	Hartford Dark Blues Boston Red Stockings Chicago White Stockings/Philadelphia Whites	7
Saves	Al Spalding	Boston Red Stockings	8
Innings Pitched	Bobby Mathews	New York Mutuals	626.2
Hits Allowed	Bobby Mathews	New York Mutuals	709
Home Runs Allowed	John Cassidy Cherokee Fisher	Brooklyn Atlantics/New Haven Elm Citys Philadelphia Whites	6
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Mike Golden Dick McBride	Keokuk Westerns/Chicago White Stockings Philadelphia Athletics	25
Strikeouts	Frank Fleet	St. Louis Brown Stockings/Brooklyn Atlantics	26
Balks	Henry Luff	New Haven Elm Citys	2
Runs Allowed	Bobby Mathews	New York Mutuals	421
Earned Runs Allowed	Bobby Mathews	New York Mutuals	168
Earned Run Average	Al Spalding	Boston Red Stockings	1.52
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Joe Borden	Philadelphia Whites	0.818

Seasons of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players
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